May 2015 stories (8)

“Our biggest dream is that our employers treat us with love and care and dignity. They trust us and value our work. They do not discriminate against us. We have the same blood as them.” That was the comment by one of the domestic worker in her early thirties. This dream was echoed by 20 domestic workers of Kalyanpuri area in outskirts of Delhi. They said that some employers are nice but some are very harsh. Some even keep different utensils for them to eat. It takes both sides to…

A group of us recently visited a community in UP which composed of members who were bonded labors in brick-kilns. The story below is about a community which has taken action against the atrocity and slavery under the veil of their livelihood, took ownership of their issue and is collectively acted upon…

This is a story from Kukdaha Community vigilance committee (CVC)[1] in Jhalupur, Uttar Pradesh. Our MSEMVS team supported by Geneva Global and funded by Freedom Fund has been working here to bring labourers out of bondage from brick kilns and encouraging them to address their livelihood, government services and anti-slavery issues so that they do not get entrapped in the same…

I used to do sensitization and counselling for HIV, Drug and Substance abuse, sexual and reproductive health and life skills education amongst senior secondary schools Youths in Entebbe Uganda. Once in every term (three months). My approach was for an expert in a way that what is right for them, I also told them what to do and what not to do. But I realized that it was not very effective because they are adolescents they are experimenting and experiencing different things and all…